Alexander Spotswood Dandridge I (1753 - 1785)

Born 1 Aug 1753 in Elsing Green, King William, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1785 at age 31 in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States

This profile is part of the Dandridge Name Study.

Biography

Captain Alexander Dandridge I served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.

Alexander Dandridge I is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A029511.

Alexander Spotswood Dandridge was born August 1, 1753 , son of Capt Nathaniel Dandridge and Dorothea Spotswood. He married Ann Stephen.

They had a son Alexander Spotswood Dandridge Jr who married Sarah Pendleton.

After he married Ann, he then left Hanover County and settled on a large plantation called the "Bower," in what is now Jefferson County, in the Valley of Virginia, about eight miles from Martinsburg. Here he died in April, 1785, leaving his young widow with an only child, Adam Stephen Dandridge, but little over two years of age.^[1]

Name Alexander Spotswood Dandridge, Captain, also Lieutenant. Military Rank Lieut Military Regiment 1st Continental Dragoons Event Type Military Service Event Date 17 Jun 1776 Source below...

Captain Dandridge is buried in Martinsburg. His will was probated in 1785.

Parents

Husband: Capt Nathaniel West Dandridge

Wife: Dorothea Spotswood

1. Martha Dandridge married Archer “Archy” Payne
2. William Alexander Dandridge b Apr 6, 1750 married Ann Bolling
3. Alexander Spotswood Dandridge b Aug 1, 1753 married Anne Stephen
4. Dorothea Spottswood Dandridge b. Sept 25, 1757, the 2nd wife of Patrick Henry Jr. of “Red Hill” Virginia, then Governor of Virgina
5. Nathaniel West Dandridge b. 21 June 1760 married Mildred Aylett Allen
6. Elizabeth Dandridge b. Dec 12, 1765 married Philip Payne
7. Anna Catharina Dandridge b. July 27, 1767 married her cousin John Spotswood moore
8. Agnes Dandridge **
9. Mary Claiborne Dandridge b. Jan 14, 1772 married George woodson Payne

Marriage Date: 18 Jun 1747

Marriage Place: Hanover, Virginia, United States^[2]

• All three Payne men who married Dandridge girls were sons of John Payner of Goochland. These marriages of brother to sisters created “double cousins”^[3]
  • Agnes not listed in Spotswood Family Website

Marriage

Husband: Alexander Spotswood Dandridge

Wife: Ann Stephen

Children:

1. Adam Stephen Dandridge b. 1782

Death

Death Date: April 1785

Death Place: Jefferson County, Virginia

Citations

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/seldensofvirginikenn/seldensofvirginikenn_djvu.txt The Seldens of Virginia: Alexander Spotswood Dandrige]
2. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1747 Birth date: 1728 Birth place: VA Marriage date: 1747 Marriage place: VA
3. ↑ http://spotswoodfamily.org/userfiles/image/Spotswood%20Qualifying%20Ancestors.pdf

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Morris_gedcom.ged on 11 June 2010.
• This person was created through the import of indygrandma.ged on 02 January 2011.
• WikiTree profile Dandridge-252 created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Vicki Norman.

Sources

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• U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783

ALEXANDER SPOTTSWOOD DANDRIDGE

Military Muster Rolls of the Revolutionary War Where the Record Is Found (Citation) Muster rolls [hand written] indexes; ; ; , ; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Describe the Record (Notes) Muster rolls of Revolutionary War, Virginia, British America

Where the Record Is Found (Citation) "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-8K8W : 18 March 2018), Alexander Spotswood Dandridge, 17 Jun 1776; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711079.

Source Title (Required) Legacy NFS Source: Alexander Spottiswood Dandridge - Published information: birth-name: Alexander Spottiswood Dandridge